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Shahrukh Khan's Zero Movie Review & Rating - iQlikmovies

Bollywood Baadshah Shah Rukh Khan's Zero Movie Review & Rating. Overview of Zero starring Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif who's performances outshines the narrative. Directed By Aanand L. Rai.

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TRAI, BEREC Sign Memorandum on Preserving, Promoting Net Neutrality Rules

https://jffc.in/2018/06/16/trai-berec-sign-memorandum-on-preserving-promoting-net-neutrality-rules/ #Berec, #NetNeutrality, #TraiBerecNetNeutralityMouJointStatementByTelecomRegulatorsTrai, #ZeroRating

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An aggressive push for internet coverage veiling a zero-rated service that violates net neutrality, we have seen this before. The Cable Operators Association (COA) – the largest organisation …

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Free Data Isn't Free

On Thursday, Verizon proudly announced that it would begin offering “data-free streaming,” joining a growing number of carriers that are letting customers stream videos and music from specific services without it counting against monthly usage caps. That might sound like a sweet deal, but it also undermines the basic principles of net neutrality. And, in the end, the open internet will pay a steep price for this privilege.

The IFLA has a better eplanation of zero rating than the linked article does. Basically zero rating amounts to some service providers like Netflix paying large extra payments to Verizon and others to not have their data counted against data caps. The costs, of course, get passed on to their subscribers. The effect being that sites not paying this troll toll get less ability to reach their customers. Here is the IFLA explanation:

Zero-rating is the practice according to which data consumption of specific applications or services is not counted against users’ data allowance. Several major service providers have entered into arrangements with mobile network operators in a variety of countries to deliver “zero-rated” versions of their services.[3] In some cases, this means that the use of certain websites or services does not count against a subscriber’s monthly data cap. In other arrangements, users can access the service even if they do not have a data plan.[4] Zero-rating violates the principle of net neutrality because the services that are zero-rated are positively discriminated, thus allowing ISPs to orientate the choice of the users. Moreover, in spite of the acclaimed risk that infrastructure may not bear traffic growth, zero rated services attract inordinate levels of traffic due to their low or no cost. This distorts the consumption of content and can lead to the “walled garden effect” where a user’s experience of the Internet is limited to the zero-rated services alone.[5] When differential price and use patterns occur in developing countries the practice can further exacerbate the problem of the digital divide[6].

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Bipartisan Legislative Compromise Only Way Forward on Net Neutrality

Correction: A previous version of this release quoted former FCC chief economist Tim Brennan calling the FCC “an economics free zone.” His original quote referred specifically to the 2015 Open Internet Order, not the agency as a whole.

WASHINGTON D.C. — This morning, Democratic Senators and activist groups held a press conference attacking FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for “undermining” net neutrality — in particular, his decision to affirm the legality of giving consumers free data.

“Congressional Democrats have obstructed net neutrality legislation since 2014 — but it’s not too late to change course,” said Berin Szóka, President of TechFreedom. “Even with a Republican-controlled White House, Congress, and FCC, Rep. Greg Walden still wants to work with Democrats on a lasting compromise. This decade-long battle has always been first and foremost about the FCC’s increasingly broad claims of legal authority. And despite what you heard today, that fight isn’t over: yes, a three judge panel upheld the FCC’s rules, but a scathing dissent laid out a road map for the Supreme Court, if not the full D.C. Circuit, to block Title II. Resolving the FCC’s legal authority in Congress would finally put this polarizing, partisan issue to rest.”

Sen. Markey attacked the FCC for closing its investigation into free data offerings by broadband providers. In response to concerns raised by Markey and other Democratic Senators, the Obama-era FCC had begun reviewing free data plans on a case-by-case basis. And in January, the FCC sent them a report concluding that free data plans offered by Verizon and AT&T “likely” violated the 2015 Open Internet Order because the per-gigabyte rates charged participating content providers exceeded the cost of providing service — even while admitting that the FCC lacked enough evidence to reach a full conclusion.

“Banning free data doesn’t help consumers,” continued Szóka. “Yes, of course, a wireless carrier favoring its own services over its rivals’ can be anti-competitive — but that’s why we have antitrust laws! The last FCC was so obsessed with price regulation that it failed to note the dynamic effects of free data offerings: early reports showed T-Mobile users consumed more, not less, data because of BingeOn. By the same token, content providers who don’t pay to have their services exempted from data caps can still reach consumers, and consumers will have that much more data available to use their services. And consumers can and do switch between wireless providers — constraining how much broadband providers can charge. Yet the FCC ignored all these effects, taking a purely static approach to Verizon and AT&T’s offerings — the kind of approach Tim Brennan, the FCC’s former chief economist and a Democrat, had in mind when he called the agency’s 2015 Open Internet Order an ‘economics-free’ zone.”

“Yes, net neutrality is going to change, but consumers will still be protected,” concluded Szóka. “Undoing the FCC’s claims of legal authority will simply mean that net neutrality concerns will have to be substantiated with real evidence — by the FTC, state attorneys general, and private plaintiffs. If Democrats want the FCC back on the broadband beat, they’ll need to negotiate a way to require the FCC to pay more than lip service to basic economics. Moving past net neutrality will allow the FCC to focus on the many thorny problems facing those building next-generation broadband networks. Pai’s just announced Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee will shift the agency’s focus: instead of just talking about better service, the FCC will be doing something about it.”

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AT&T and Verizon respond to FCC's zero-rating concerns

Unaffiliated mobile video operators end up footing the billA few weeks ago, Verizon and AT&T came under fire by the FCC for violating principles o...

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New Post has been published on VR-Zone

AT&T Uses Net Neutrality Loophole for DirectTV

AT&T Uses Net Neutrality Loophole for DirectTV

“Zero rating” allows AT&T to do what net neutrality advocates have feared. Last year, net neutrality advocates “won back” the free internet from the FCC, but the new regulations featured a loop hole which wasn’t banned; the so-called “zero rating”....

Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/att-uses-net-neutrality-loophole-directtv/118154.html